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Le passager du Polarlys
C'est une maladie qui s'attaque aux bateaux, dans toutes les mers du globe, et dont les causes appartiennent au grand domaine inconnu qu'on appelle le Hasard.
Si ses debuts sont parfois benins, ils ne peuvent echapper a l'oeil d'un marin. Tout a coup, sans raison, un hauban eclate comme une corde de violon et arrache le bras d'un gabier. Ou bien le mousse s'ouvre le pouce en epluchant les pommes de terre et, le lendemain, le mal blanc le fait hurler.
A moins qu'il ne s'agisse d'une manoeuvre loupee, d'un canot qui vienne se jeter etourdiment sur l'etrave.
Ce n'est pas encore le mauvais oeil. Le mauvais oeil exige la serie.
Mais il est rare qu'elle ne suive pas, que la nuit, ou le lendemain, on ne constate pas un nouvel avatar.
Des lors, tout va de mal en pis et les hommes, machoires serrees, n'ont qu'a compter les coups. C'est le moment que la machine, apres avoir tourne trente ans sans une panne, choisira pour s'enrayer comme un vieux moulin a cafe.
Si ses debuts sont parfois benins, ils ne peuvent echapper a l'oeil d'un marin. Tout a coup, sans raison, un hauban eclate comme une corde de violon et arrache le bras d'un gabier. Ou bien le mousse s'ouvre le pouce en epluchant les pommes de terre et, le lendemain, le mal blanc le fait hurler.
A moins qu'il ne s'agisse d'une manoeuvre loupee, d'un canot qui vienne se jeter etourdiment sur l'etrave.
Ce n'est pas encore le mauvais oeil. Le mauvais oeil exige la serie.
Mais il est rare qu'elle ne suive pas, que la nuit, ou le lendemain, on ne constate pas un nouvel avatar.
Des lors, tout va de mal en pis et les hommes, machoires serrees, n'ont qu'a compter les coups. C'est le moment que la machine, apres avoir tourne trente ans sans une panne, choisira pour s'enrayer comme un vieux moulin a cafe.
192 pages, Pocket Book
First published January 1, 1932
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About the author
Georges Simenon
2,736 books2,292 followersGeorges Joseph Christian Simenon (1903 – 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.
Although he never resided in Belgium after 1922, he remained a Belgian citizen throughout his life.
Simenon was one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, capable of writing 60 to 80 pages per day. His oeuvre includes nearly 200 novels, over 150 novellas, several autobiographical works, numerous articles, and scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. Altogether, about 550 million copies of his works have been printed.
He is best known, however, for his 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring Commissaire Maigret. The first novel in the series, Pietr-le-Letton, appeared in 1931; the last one, Maigret et M. Charles, was published in 1972. The Maigret novels were translated into all major languages and several of them were turned into films and radio plays. Two television series (1960-63 and 1992-93) have been made in Great Britain.
During his "American" period, Simenon reached the height of his creative powers, and several novels of those years were inspired by the context in which they were written (Trois chambres à Manhattan (1946), Maigret à New York (1947), Maigret se fâche (1947)).
Simenon also wrote a large number of "psychological novels", such as La neige était sale (1948) or Le fils (1957), as well as several autobiographical works, in particular Je me souviens (1945), Pedigree (1948), Mémoires intimes (1981).
In 1966, Simenon was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
In 2005 he was nominated for the title of De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish version he ended 77th place. In the Walloon version he ended 10th place.
Although he never resided in Belgium after 1922, he remained a Belgian citizen throughout his life.
Simenon was one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, capable of writing 60 to 80 pages per day. His oeuvre includes nearly 200 novels, over 150 novellas, several autobiographical works, numerous articles, and scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. Altogether, about 550 million copies of his works have been printed.
He is best known, however, for his 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring Commissaire Maigret. The first novel in the series, Pietr-le-Letton, appeared in 1931; the last one, Maigret et M. Charles, was published in 1972. The Maigret novels were translated into all major languages and several of them were turned into films and radio plays. Two television series (1960-63 and 1992-93) have been made in Great Britain.
During his "American" period, Simenon reached the height of his creative powers, and several novels of those years were inspired by the context in which they were written (Trois chambres à Manhattan (1946), Maigret à New York (1947), Maigret se fâche (1947)).
Simenon also wrote a large number of "psychological novels", such as La neige était sale (1948) or Le fils (1957), as well as several autobiographical works, in particular Je me souviens (1945), Pedigree (1948), Mémoires intimes (1981).
In 1966, Simenon was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
In 2005 he was nominated for the title of De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish version he ended 77th place. In the Walloon version he ended 10th place.
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July 15, 2022
A perfect book for the holiday. And, as usual, with G. Simenon, the atmosphere and the vivid depiction of characters compensate for the lack of suspense.
November 8, 2016
Quella volta c’era nell’atmosfera qualcosa d’indefinibile.
Il passeggero del Polarlys è uno dei primi romanzi di Simenon che non ha nulla a che vedere con Maigret. Apparso inizialmente nel 1930, si apre con la struttura di un poliziesco, forse ancora più classico dei gialli con il famoso commissario: presentazione ordinata di personaggi che nascono stereotipati (il ragazzo atletico, la femme fatale, l’inquietante ex-carcerato…), un omicidio, un’indagine.
Ma la trama è solo il pretesto per parlare di persone diverse da quello che sembrano, di rapporti in evoluzione, di un ambiente così dettagliato che diventa parte integrante e fondamentale della narrazione.
Il Polarlys è un vapore senza nulla di prestigioso, puzza di pesce, viaggia in luoghi remoti, lungo la tratta che costeggia i fiordi norvegesi. Attracca anche nei porti più piccoli, costituendo l’unico contatto con il mondo per persone che vivono con le montagne invalicabili alle spalle ed i marosi dell’Atlantico di fronte. Sembra essere stato colpito dal malocchio ed è difficile restare indifferenti di fronte al crescente senso di disagio alimentato dalla fitta nebbia che diventa pioggerella, neve e poi terribile tempesta.
Il passeggero del Polarlys è uno dei primi romanzi di Simenon che non ha nulla a che vedere con Maigret. Apparso inizialmente nel 1930, si apre con la struttura di un poliziesco, forse ancora più classico dei gialli con il famoso commissario: presentazione ordinata di personaggi che nascono stereotipati (il ragazzo atletico, la femme fatale, l’inquietante ex-carcerato…), un omicidio, un’indagine.
Ma la trama è solo il pretesto per parlare di persone diverse da quello che sembrano, di rapporti in evoluzione, di un ambiente così dettagliato che diventa parte integrante e fondamentale della narrazione.
Il Polarlys è un vapore senza nulla di prestigioso, puzza di pesce, viaggia in luoghi remoti, lungo la tratta che costeggia i fiordi norvegesi. Attracca anche nei porti più piccoli, costituendo l’unico contatto con il mondo per persone che vivono con le montagne invalicabili alle spalle ed i marosi dell’Atlantico di fronte. Sembra essere stato colpito dal malocchio ed è difficile restare indifferenti di fronte al crescente senso di disagio alimentato dalla fitta nebbia che diventa pioggerella, neve e poi terribile tempesta.
September 29, 2017
Ogni tanto è un piacere tornare al buon vecchio Simenon. E nella sua sterminata produzione un titolo mai letto lo si trova sempre, e lo si legge in un fiat. E questo non fa eccezione. Uno tra i suoi primissimi romanzi, sembra il primo pubblicato a suo nome che non fosse un Maigret (anche se già pubblicato poco prima a puntate sotto uno dei suoi pseudonimi usati in gioventù) è da apprezzare soprattutto per l’atmosfera nordica, umida, densa come i fiati che si depositano sui vetri gelati, fumosa di nebbie e di cieli sempre più bui e carichi di tempesta: quelle che io prediligo nei suoi libri.
E qui la tempesta scoppia a bordo di un cargo, che nella sua rotta tra Amburgo e l’estremo nord della Norvegia , trasporta un ladro e assassino misterioso, un sovrintendente di polizia tedesco che viene ucciso durante la traversata, e pochi altri viaggiatori, tra cui una giovane vamp e un terz’ufficiale al suo primo imbarco che si fa facilmente conquistare da tanto fascino.
L’esperto Capitano, vero lupodimare, dovrà vedersela brutta per dipanare una matassa che si fa sempre più ingarbugliata quanto più la tempesta metereologica si avvicina. Per poi sciogliersi con il calmarsi delle acque ed al ritorno dei primi brevi e pallidi raggi di sole.
Da godersi d’un fiato.
E qui la tempesta scoppia a bordo di un cargo, che nella sua rotta tra Amburgo e l’estremo nord della Norvegia , trasporta un ladro e assassino misterioso, un sovrintendente di polizia tedesco che viene ucciso durante la traversata, e pochi altri viaggiatori, tra cui una giovane vamp e un terz’ufficiale al suo primo imbarco che si fa facilmente conquistare da tanto fascino.
L’esperto Capitano, vero lupodimare, dovrà vedersela brutta per dipanare una matassa che si fa sempre più ingarbugliata quanto più la tempesta metereologica si avvicina. Per poi sciogliersi con il calmarsi delle acque ed al ritorno dei primi brevi e pallidi raggi di sole.
Da godersi d’un fiato.
May 8, 2019
Un court récit de Simenon se situant entre 2 guerres sur la mer du Nord
Le capitaine Petersen ressemble à une ébauche de ce que sera son commissaire Maigret (fumeur de pipe, observateur, intuitif ...)
Le roman court ne permet pas de creuser les personnages qui sont un peu clichés mais qui - à nos yeux de lecteur du XXI siècle - ont une personnalité savoureuse car typique de leur époque J'ai pensé en lisant (et c'est un compliment !) aux ambiances "à la Agatha Christie"
De plus, Simenon en maître du genre, sait intégrer à la fois les caprices de la mer du Nord (exotique à souhait pour un méditerranéen) ainsi que la vie à bord d'un navire, à une intrigue habilement tissée en huit clos.
Bref, une belle surprise d'à peine plus de 180 pages qui se laisse lire d'une traite
Le capitaine Petersen ressemble à une ébauche de ce que sera son commissaire Maigret (fumeur de pipe, observateur, intuitif ...)
Le roman court ne permet pas de creuser les personnages qui sont un peu clichés mais qui - à nos yeux de lecteur du XXI siècle - ont une personnalité savoureuse car typique de leur époque J'ai pensé en lisant (et c'est un compliment !) aux ambiances "à la Agatha Christie"
De plus, Simenon en maître du genre, sait intégrer à la fois les caprices de la mer du Nord (exotique à souhait pour un méditerranéen) ainsi que la vie à bord d'un navire, à une intrigue habilement tissée en huit clos.
Bref, une belle surprise d'à peine plus de 180 pages qui se laisse lire d'une traite
August 8, 2017
Primo Simenon per me. Prima o poi dovevamo incontrarci. Durante un viaggio da Amburgo, fino alle coste della Norvegia, passando per le isole Lofoten, sul Polarlys, nave sotto gli ordini del capitano Petersen, un mistero va svelato. Un omicidio, una sparizione, una donna sensuale e evanescente ci accompagnano in questa navigazione. La natura ostile, fredda, le tempeste di neve, le onde che schiaffeggiano la nave con violenza e poi il gelo, le montagne di ghiaccio, le case isolate lungo le coste desolate creano un’atmosfera surreale, quasi magica. E in questo viaggio ai confini della terra un paragone con un altro capitano salta subito agli occhi. Ma la forza di Nemo vince su tutto! Un racconto serrato, una scrittura fluida e avvincente nello spiegarsi del caso lo rendono una piacevole lettura.
April 13, 2023
Avventura a tinte noir nelle gelide acque norvegesi, l'ambiente chiuso e claustrofobico di una nave fa da sfondo ai protagonisti, tutti perfetti "tipi" simenoniani, di questo racconto più d'atmosfera che d'indagine psicologica.
June 13, 2023
Genero policiaco, su trama se desarrolla en un barco 🚢 mixto (pasajeros y carga), que sale de Hamburgo y recorre el mar del.norte, tocando infinidad de pueblos remotos de Noruega 🇳🇴.
Desde el día cero del embarque, El Capitan Petersen encadena minúsculos detalles que presagian un viaje que puede ser desastroso.
Con únicamente 4 pasajeros a bordo, 3 hombres y una señorita, de los cuales uno es buscado infinitamente durante el recorrido, muchos paquetes 📦 por entregar, un empleado contratado de último minuto llamado Peter Krull y un oficial recién graduado 👨🎓 de 19 años de nombre Vriens, vislumbra un viaje que será todo menos tranquilo, para rematar, un consejero de policía llamado Von Stenberg se embarca de último minuto sin aclarar su misión.
Claramente hay un asesinato durante el viaje, aunado al pasajero invisible, hace que Petersen al ser El Capitan trate de emular a un detective y realize investigaciones mientras realiza su trabajo principal, el hecho de que vaya una señorita con una personalidad extrovertida en medio de tanta masculinidad hace que el ambiente se enrarezca y las cosas se pongan algo intensas.
Es un relato muy bien construido, la atmósfera del barco un tanto cargante, gélida y sobre todo ruda, al ser un barco más de carga que de pasajeros, se siente siempre, la ingenuidad del capitán 👨✈️, que es un hombre transparente, padre de familia y comprometido con su trabajo hace más evidente la personalidad diferente, perturbadora, de algunos pasajeros y tripulantes.
El final se precipita y te hace dudar de todo, pero la resolución es ingeniosa, me he pasado un rato muy divertido, las novelas de Simenon nunca decepcionan.
🚢🇳🇴Anécdota: el escritor George Simenon si realizó una travesía similar en un barco carguero que le sirvió de inspiración para ser escenario de una de sus intrigas policiales.
✔️🔝Pros: El escenario es diferente en todos los sentidos, la candidez del capitán have que la trama funcione muy bien, que sean pocos personajes ayuda a que el ambiente sea opresivo pero el que una mujer esté a bordo detona todo de una manera espectacular.
❌‼️Contras: Los personajes de los policías son muy endebles, sobre todo el segundo que se embarca debido al asesinato que ocurre dentro del barco, me hubiera gustado conocer un poco más sobre los pueblos donde van dejando mercancías, tan remotos, tan gélidos, tan distintos a nuestra percepción.
🧚🏻♂️💃👠Personaje:Katia el personaje femenino, es tremendamente extrovertida, enigmática, va vestida como si estuviera en Paris, una noche pide 6 botellas de champán para celebrar su cumpleaños 🎂, sin inmutarse porque están en un salón cerrado y los compañeros son solo hombres.
📚🎭Escena: cuando el capitán está frente al más inferior de los empleados que es Peter Krull un ex convicto casi mendigo, y aunque se ven tan diferentes, cae en cuenta que no lo son tanto, que un golpe de suerte mala o buena puede cambiar el destino de un hombre.
Desde el día cero del embarque, El Capitan Petersen encadena minúsculos detalles que presagian un viaje que puede ser desastroso.
Con únicamente 4 pasajeros a bordo, 3 hombres y una señorita, de los cuales uno es buscado infinitamente durante el recorrido, muchos paquetes 📦 por entregar, un empleado contratado de último minuto llamado Peter Krull y un oficial recién graduado 👨🎓 de 19 años de nombre Vriens, vislumbra un viaje que será todo menos tranquilo, para rematar, un consejero de policía llamado Von Stenberg se embarca de último minuto sin aclarar su misión.
Claramente hay un asesinato durante el viaje, aunado al pasajero invisible, hace que Petersen al ser El Capitan trate de emular a un detective y realize investigaciones mientras realiza su trabajo principal, el hecho de que vaya una señorita con una personalidad extrovertida en medio de tanta masculinidad hace que el ambiente se enrarezca y las cosas se pongan algo intensas.
Es un relato muy bien construido, la atmósfera del barco un tanto cargante, gélida y sobre todo ruda, al ser un barco más de carga que de pasajeros, se siente siempre, la ingenuidad del capitán 👨✈️, que es un hombre transparente, padre de familia y comprometido con su trabajo hace más evidente la personalidad diferente, perturbadora, de algunos pasajeros y tripulantes.
El final se precipita y te hace dudar de todo, pero la resolución es ingeniosa, me he pasado un rato muy divertido, las novelas de Simenon nunca decepcionan.
🚢🇳🇴Anécdota: el escritor George Simenon si realizó una travesía similar en un barco carguero que le sirvió de inspiración para ser escenario de una de sus intrigas policiales.
✔️🔝Pros: El escenario es diferente en todos los sentidos, la candidez del capitán have que la trama funcione muy bien, que sean pocos personajes ayuda a que el ambiente sea opresivo pero el que una mujer esté a bordo detona todo de una manera espectacular.
❌‼️Contras: Los personajes de los policías son muy endebles, sobre todo el segundo que se embarca debido al asesinato que ocurre dentro del barco, me hubiera gustado conocer un poco más sobre los pueblos donde van dejando mercancías, tan remotos, tan gélidos, tan distintos a nuestra percepción.
🧚🏻♂️💃👠Personaje:Katia el personaje femenino, es tremendamente extrovertida, enigmática, va vestida como si estuviera en Paris, una noche pide 6 botellas de champán para celebrar su cumpleaños 🎂, sin inmutarse porque están en un salón cerrado y los compañeros son solo hombres.
📚🎭Escena: cuando el capitán está frente al más inferior de los empleados que es Peter Krull un ex convicto casi mendigo, y aunque se ven tan diferentes, cae en cuenta que no lo son tanto, que un golpe de suerte mala o buena puede cambiar el destino de un hombre.
September 8, 2019
Azzal együtt, hogy úgy fest, sosem leszek Simenon nagy rajongója, el kell ismernem: kevesen írnak/írtak ilyen (szép)irodalmi krimit. Tökéletes a hangulatteremtés, a felvezetés, a szereplők – különösen Petersen kapitány – bemutatása. A Norvég-tenger miatt választottam, kíváncsi voltam, mit tud a szerző Franciaországon kívül. Nem hiába utazott annyit Simenon: elképesztően hiteles a tengeri utazás bemutatása, a jeges szelet, a sós permetet, később a metsző hideget a bőrömön éreztem, együtt émelyegtem az utasokkal. Minden adott a zárt szobás rejtélyhez, csak Maigret hiányzik. Helyette lassacskán a kapitány rakja össze, hogy ki a felelős a történtekért. Van feszültség, de sajnos izgalom egy szál se, a rutinosok gyorsan kikövetkeztethetik a tettes személyét, bár az indítékot kevésbé. Hamar végére értem a novellányi műnek, de fanyar, borongós hangulata még sokáig velem maradt.
October 14, 2018
Like the first of his "roman durs" (translated as "hard cases /problems") "The Man From Everywhere" this is essentially a detective story, but Simenon is branching out from his popular Maigret detective series. One critic generally compared the roman durs and Maigret novels by describing the former group as novels of crime and deviance versus the latter group being novels of crime and detection. I probably should have considered this more when reading the Man From Everywhere earlier this year. I suppose in retrospect, there was some deviance in the older criminal making off with a young lady, although the novel in general was light-hearted in a similar vein to the Maigret novels.
The book at hand much darker in tone than the Maigret novels. The setting is based on a "cruise" Simenon had recently taken from Hamburg up the Elbe into the Atlantic stopping at various posts along the "Norwegian coast...spanned by two of three main roads only...in the south" and the "inhabitants are cut off completely from the outside world, sandwiched between an impassable mountain range and the turbulent Atlantic" with "communications..kept open by coasters...which...bring mail and essential foodstuffs." Simenon as usual proves himself a master of time and place in this novel in which a coastal steamer moves from calm and warmth to turbulence and bitter cold in setting and within the plot.
The first page foreshadows the voyage of the Polarlys (named after the aurora polaris) describing Chance and the Evil Eye in the context of a sea voyage seemingly cursed by various misfortunes where "things go from bad to worse": a stay snaps and slashes off an arm, a ship's boy's finger become infected from a small cut while skinning potatoes, and "engines, running thirty years without a hitch...conk out like an old coffee mill." At the end of such a voyage, the crew feels fortunate if "a ship doesn't hit a sandbank which a hundred times before she's cleared successfully..." During the voyage at hand, two detectives - albeit one an imposter- board the Polarlys while the real "detective" is the ship's skipper for many years, Captain Petersen.
I will attempt to avoid too many plot specifics, but a murder occurs on the Polarlys which cannot pause long for investigation because it has essential provisions to deliver. Near the climax the ship is caught in a severe storm, it must bypass a port due to a trawler being grounded in the entry shipping lane, and narrowly avoids collision after its lighting system fails. A crew member is in injured seriously in the storm, and a syringe with vials of morphine disappear.
Simenon is very good with short paragraphs and dialogue moving the plot, delivering key background and psychological detail when he has Captain Petersen pause for times of reflection:
"Unsummoned, pictures rose before the eyes of the man in the gray overcoat of whom he'd had a glimpse, and who now was skulking somewhere in the ship; of....Peter Krull with his queer, twisted grin; of Vriens with his puffy eyelids and curiously jumpy manner; of Schuttringer with his goggle eyes devoid of lashes or brows. p/ And uncomfortably he remembered how he'd felt the blood rising yo his cheeks at the sight of Katia's shapely legs, and ruefully admitted to himself that on at least two occasions, in passing, he'd deliberately brushed against her. /p Most disturbing of all was the feeling that somehow the bottom had dropped out of his private universe, the comfortable world he knew. The feeling was so disconcerting that he buried his head in his hands, and started violently when some minutes later he heard a peremptory clangor-the four bells of the first dogwatch."
Another long example: "Wasn't this German girl more alien, more incomprehensible to him than any of those Lapp women he had seen in the Far North carrying their children on their backs across the snowfields? /p His wife was a clergyman's eldest daughter. He had courted her for a year...the young lovers had always had the other children...in close attendance. She played the organ, he the violin. The brutal side of life the captain had seen in dockland and the squalid haunts of seamen had left no impression; he hadn't even tried to grasp their significance. /p His second mate was engaged to be married. His chief engineer had a family of eight.../p Still he was no plaster saint. On occasion...he had spent a night in a cabin other than his own. But the next day it would be over with. He'd wipe away the memory of a mere face. And he'd bring back from Tromso an assortment of toys made by Laplanders, for the delectation of his children. /p Barely had these adventures taught him that there exists in the world a breed of women highly strung and temperamental.... who have no use for home life and its blameless domesticities. Occasionally he had been so disgusted by the amorous enormities of such women that his one idea had been to escape from their embraces, to get back to the bridge, and feel the clean, cold sea wind on his cheeks. /p Katia seemed to be a woman of that type...[he] was offended by the smell of the cabin, by the open pajama jacket disclosing the young, ripening breasts. Other details caught his eye: a bottle of green charteuse, the exotic cigarettes, certain articles of lingerie of whose mere existence his wife had never dreamed. /p For a moment he tried to picture Vriens in the cabin on the night the two of them had shared it. /p "Nothing here," the police officer announced uncomfortably."
So while this roman dur does not venture into the psyche of a criminal, it does explore the psyche of the flawed, but good, Captain Petersen.
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This book is out of print, available most cheaply and found most easily in the volume "Two Latitudes" in which it is paired with "Tropic Moon". And not the '55 paperback which I purchased.
The book at hand much darker in tone than the Maigret novels. The setting is based on a "cruise" Simenon had recently taken from Hamburg up the Elbe into the Atlantic stopping at various posts along the "Norwegian coast...spanned by two of three main roads only...in the south" and the "inhabitants are cut off completely from the outside world, sandwiched between an impassable mountain range and the turbulent Atlantic" with "communications..kept open by coasters...which...bring mail and essential foodstuffs." Simenon as usual proves himself a master of time and place in this novel in which a coastal steamer moves from calm and warmth to turbulence and bitter cold in setting and within the plot.
The first page foreshadows the voyage of the Polarlys (named after the aurora polaris) describing Chance and the Evil Eye in the context of a sea voyage seemingly cursed by various misfortunes where "things go from bad to worse": a stay snaps and slashes off an arm, a ship's boy's finger become infected from a small cut while skinning potatoes, and "engines, running thirty years without a hitch...conk out like an old coffee mill." At the end of such a voyage, the crew feels fortunate if "a ship doesn't hit a sandbank which a hundred times before she's cleared successfully..." During the voyage at hand, two detectives - albeit one an imposter- board the Polarlys while the real "detective" is the ship's skipper for many years, Captain Petersen.
I will attempt to avoid too many plot specifics, but a murder occurs on the Polarlys which cannot pause long for investigation because it has essential provisions to deliver. Near the climax the ship is caught in a severe storm, it must bypass a port due to a trawler being grounded in the entry shipping lane, and narrowly avoids collision after its lighting system fails. A crew member is in injured seriously in the storm, and a syringe with vials of morphine disappear.
Simenon is very good with short paragraphs and dialogue moving the plot, delivering key background and psychological detail when he has Captain Petersen pause for times of reflection:
"Unsummoned, pictures rose before the eyes of the man in the gray overcoat of whom he'd had a glimpse, and who now was skulking somewhere in the ship; of....Peter Krull with his queer, twisted grin; of Vriens with his puffy eyelids and curiously jumpy manner; of Schuttringer with his goggle eyes devoid of lashes or brows. p/ And uncomfortably he remembered how he'd felt the blood rising yo his cheeks at the sight of Katia's shapely legs, and ruefully admitted to himself that on at least two occasions, in passing, he'd deliberately brushed against her. /p Most disturbing of all was the feeling that somehow the bottom had dropped out of his private universe, the comfortable world he knew. The feeling was so disconcerting that he buried his head in his hands, and started violently when some minutes later he heard a peremptory clangor-the four bells of the first dogwatch."
Another long example: "Wasn't this German girl more alien, more incomprehensible to him than any of those Lapp women he had seen in the Far North carrying their children on their backs across the snowfields? /p His wife was a clergyman's eldest daughter. He had courted her for a year...the young lovers had always had the other children...in close attendance. She played the organ, he the violin. The brutal side of life the captain had seen in dockland and the squalid haunts of seamen had left no impression; he hadn't even tried to grasp their significance. /p His second mate was engaged to be married. His chief engineer had a family of eight.../p Still he was no plaster saint. On occasion...he had spent a night in a cabin other than his own. But the next day it would be over with. He'd wipe away the memory of a mere face. And he'd bring back from Tromso an assortment of toys made by Laplanders, for the delectation of his children. /p Barely had these adventures taught him that there exists in the world a breed of women highly strung and temperamental.... who have no use for home life and its blameless domesticities. Occasionally he had been so disgusted by the amorous enormities of such women that his one idea had been to escape from their embraces, to get back to the bridge, and feel the clean, cold sea wind on his cheeks. /p Katia seemed to be a woman of that type...[he] was offended by the smell of the cabin, by the open pajama jacket disclosing the young, ripening breasts. Other details caught his eye: a bottle of green charteuse, the exotic cigarettes, certain articles of lingerie of whose mere existence his wife had never dreamed. /p For a moment he tried to picture Vriens in the cabin on the night the two of them had shared it. /p "Nothing here," the police officer announced uncomfortably."
So while this roman dur does not venture into the psyche of a criminal, it does explore the psyche of the flawed, but good, Captain Petersen.
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This book is out of print, available most cheaply and found most easily in the volume "Two Latitudes" in which it is paired with "Tropic Moon". And not the '55 paperback which I purchased.
June 18, 2020
Voto reale: 3.5
Per essere il mio primo Simenon, "Il passeggero del Polarlys" non mi è dispiaciuto.
Le atmosfere sono ben dipinte, il freddo degli artici viene evocato sapientemente e il lettore viene immediatamente attirato all'interno della vicenda.
L'aspetto di questo racconto - mi risulta difficile giudicarlo come un vero e proprio romanzo - che meno mi ha convinta sono stati i personaggi: tutti appena abbozzati, delineati solamente nelle loro caratteristiche necessarie al procedere dell'intreccio. Per questo motivo è stata dura trovare un personaggio preferito, anche se devo ammettere di aver provato sin da subito una certa simpatia per il giovane Vriens.
Ciononostante, anche a discapito di una narrazione molto rapida spesso necessaria allo stile del racconto, è stata una lettura piacevole con una storia che cresce ad ogni pagina.
Per essere il mio primo Simenon, "Il passeggero del Polarlys" non mi è dispiaciuto.
Le atmosfere sono ben dipinte, il freddo degli artici viene evocato sapientemente e il lettore viene immediatamente attirato all'interno della vicenda.
L'aspetto di questo racconto - mi risulta difficile giudicarlo come un vero e proprio romanzo - che meno mi ha convinta sono stati i personaggi: tutti appena abbozzati, delineati solamente nelle loro caratteristiche necessarie al procedere dell'intreccio. Per questo motivo è stata dura trovare un personaggio preferito, anche se devo ammettere di aver provato sin da subito una certa simpatia per il giovane Vriens.
Ciononostante, anche a discapito di una narrazione molto rapida spesso necessaria allo stile del racconto, è stata una lettura piacevole con una storia che cresce ad ogni pagina.
August 4, 2017
forse non il migliore Simenon ma le sue atmosfere sono sempre bellissime:
Sul porto gravava una nebbia insolita, gialla e grigia, carica di fuliggine, che grondava un’umidità gelida, e della città si distinguevano solo i fanali dei tram e le finestre delle case illuminate come a notte fonda. Era fine febbraio. Per via del freddo, la nuvolaglia che avvolgeva ogni cosa lasciava sulla faccia e sulle mani una sottile patina ghiacciata. Le sirene ululavano tutte insieme, in una cacofonia che copriva lo stridere delle gru. Il ponte del Polarlys era pressoché deserto: c’erano solo quattro uomini sopra la stiva di prua per guidare i paranchi, sganciare le casse e i barili. Non pare di essere lì?
Sul porto gravava una nebbia insolita, gialla e grigia, carica di fuliggine, che grondava un’umidità gelida, e della città si distinguevano solo i fanali dei tram e le finestre delle case illuminate come a notte fonda. Era fine febbraio. Per via del freddo, la nuvolaglia che avvolgeva ogni cosa lasciava sulla faccia e sulle mani una sottile patina ghiacciata. Le sirene ululavano tutte insieme, in una cacofonia che copriva lo stridere delle gru. Il ponte del Polarlys era pressoché deserto: c’erano solo quattro uomini sopra la stiva di prua per guidare i paranchi, sganciare le casse e i barili. Non pare di essere lì?
November 7, 2020
Noir classico di Simenon, perfettamente costruito. Questa volta l'atmosfera è assicurata dall'ambiente claustrofobico di una piccola nave trasporto merci e passeggeri che costeggia la Norvegia verso nord. Un piccolo gioiello. Uno dei tantissimi di Simenon, del resto.
September 30, 2019
Mi ha fatto venire voglia di imbarcarmi per un'avventura!
September 23, 2025
Un des « romans durs » de Simenon qui nous emmène dans le Nord de la Scandinavie pour une intrigue quasi en huis clos.
July 15, 2021
Il mare d'inverno, il grande Nord della prima meta' del '900 a bordo di una nave postale che tiene i contatti tra i villaggi scandinavi sperduti della costa. Un ambiente cosi' racchiuso per una narrazione che invece coinvolge nella trama mezza Europa. Il grande Simenon forse al suo primo dei "roman durs", e' gia' una potenza evocativa senza pari. Tutto sembra immobile e invece la corsa verso la distruzione e' inarrestabile.
February 19, 2017
Al solo pensiero di dover recensire questo romanzo dopo aver letto "La camera azzurra" e "Tre camere a Manhattan" mi sentivo un po' disorientata. Lo devo ammettere: dopo il tripudio di ratings a 5 stelle che ultimamente ho affibbiato ai gioiellini romanzati di Simenon, mi duole non poco riconoscere che, per quanto io apprezzi enormemente la scrittura e la scorrevolezza dell'autore, la storia raccontata in queste righe non mi ha trasmesso nulla a livello emozionale. Gli episodi si susseguono incessantemente, inquadrati dal binocolo di Petersen, comandante di una nave (il Polarlys, per l'appunto) a bordo della quale si consumano delitti mai pienamente definiti, avvolti in una freddezza che contraddistingue tanto il paesaggio artico quanto le personalità dei passeggeri. Simenon centellina le descrizioni dei protagonisti per concentrarsi sui fatti, narrati nella loro macabra semplicità; nonostante sia una storia avvincente, sicuramente ben raccontata tramite la penna infallibile dello scrittore, non ho trovato quell'oltre che è lecito aspettarsi da un autore di questo calibro.
May 7, 2019
Un meurtre commis à bord d'un express côtier norvégien, oblige un policier à embarquer pour le reste de sa croisière. Nous sommes en 1932, et les côtes norvégiennes ne doivent leur ravitaillement qu'à ces liaisons maritimes. Simenon s'amuse, joue avec l'atmosphère polaire et sa galerie de personnages typiques de l'entre deux guerres. On regrette juste que l'ensemble soit un peu succinct.
September 13, 2016
Anche quando Simenon non è al massimo (come in questo caso), è sempre a un livello inarrivabile ai più.
February 7, 2025
Ich habe die Leseprobe begonnen - und war sofort mittendrin im Geschehen. Habe die amüsanten Dialoge verfolgt. Die Zeichnungen bestaunt. Mich gefragt, welche Figuren wohl welche Charaktermerkmale hat. Die Stimmung ist ausgelassen, locker, fröhlich - und ich hätte mich gern dazugesetzt. Es war also klar, dass ich auch den Rest lesen möchte. Gesagt, getan.
Das Originalbuch von Georges Simenon habe ich bisher nicht gelesen, aber ich war neugierig auf diese Comic-Adaption. Natürlich war mir im Vorfeld bereits bewusst, dass ich hier keine tiefen Charakterzüge oder konkret ausgefeilte Plotideen vorfinden würde. Dennoch wirkte das Lesen manchmal holprig und die Ereignisse übereilt.
Wir starten im Viertel Montparnasse und lernen Marie Baron kennen, eine junge Pariserin, die kurz darauf in einem Atelier mittels einer Morphinspritze ermordet wird. Parallel dazu macht sich die Besatzung der Polarlys in Hamburg bereit, um die Reise nach Norwegen anzutreten. Kapitän Petersen spürt, dass diese Reise anders enden wird als geplant. Er nennt es den "Bösen Blick". Und sein ungutes Gefühl soll ihn nicht trügen. Tatsächlich geschehen seltsame Dinge an Bord, und dann gibt es den nächsten Toten. Diesmal direkt an Bord des Schiffes, und Unruhe macht sich breit. Wer ist der Mörder? Wie konnte er sich so schnell verstecken? Oder ist er gar von Bord gegangen? Und steht der Mordfall in Verbindung zu Marie Baron? Mit seiner überschaubaren Anzahl an zwielichtigen Charakteren, lebt diese kurzweilige Geschichte vor allem vom Setting, also von dem räumlich begrenzten Schauplatz des Linien-Dampfers.
Im Originalwerk (entstanden 1932, »Le passager du ›Polarlys‹«), kann ich mir vorstellen, ging der Autor wahrscheinlich auf solche und ähnliche Fragen ein. Hier jedoch wirkt, wie eingangs erwähnt, alles oberflächlich, zügig angekratzt und abgespeist. Trotzdem hatte die Story was! Allein Katia Storm, eine Passagierin der Polarlys, hat mich sehr fasziniert. Ich konnte sie nicht gut einschätzen. Wusste nicht, ob sie etwas im Schilde führte, was sie wirklich dachte, mit wem sie sich so herumtrieb. Die Auflösungen um ihre Person und die Mordfälle per se, konnten mich sogar ein wenig überraschen.
Zuletzt haben die - teilweise filigranen und atmosphärischen - Zeichnungen dem Ganzen einen interessanten Schliff verpasst, sodass man gebannt Seite für Seite umgeblättert und bestaunt hat.
Der Comic ist nüchtern und einfach geschrieben, wenngleich mit einem Hauch Zeit- und Lokalkolorit, und enthält im weiteren Verlauf klug ausgearbeitete Informationen, die schließlich zur o.g. Aufklärung führen. Ein Whodunit-Krimi mit klassischer Note, der mich überwiegend gut unterhalten, aber nicht völlig überzeugt hat.
Das Originalbuch von Georges Simenon habe ich bisher nicht gelesen, aber ich war neugierig auf diese Comic-Adaption. Natürlich war mir im Vorfeld bereits bewusst, dass ich hier keine tiefen Charakterzüge oder konkret ausgefeilte Plotideen vorfinden würde. Dennoch wirkte das Lesen manchmal holprig und die Ereignisse übereilt.
Wir starten im Viertel Montparnasse und lernen Marie Baron kennen, eine junge Pariserin, die kurz darauf in einem Atelier mittels einer Morphinspritze ermordet wird. Parallel dazu macht sich die Besatzung der Polarlys in Hamburg bereit, um die Reise nach Norwegen anzutreten. Kapitän Petersen spürt, dass diese Reise anders enden wird als geplant. Er nennt es den "Bösen Blick". Und sein ungutes Gefühl soll ihn nicht trügen. Tatsächlich geschehen seltsame Dinge an Bord, und dann gibt es den nächsten Toten. Diesmal direkt an Bord des Schiffes, und Unruhe macht sich breit. Wer ist der Mörder? Wie konnte er sich so schnell verstecken? Oder ist er gar von Bord gegangen? Und steht der Mordfall in Verbindung zu Marie Baron? Mit seiner überschaubaren Anzahl an zwielichtigen Charakteren, lebt diese kurzweilige Geschichte vor allem vom Setting, also von dem räumlich begrenzten Schauplatz des Linien-Dampfers.
Im Originalwerk (entstanden 1932, »Le passager du ›Polarlys‹«), kann ich mir vorstellen, ging der Autor wahrscheinlich auf solche und ähnliche Fragen ein. Hier jedoch wirkt, wie eingangs erwähnt, alles oberflächlich, zügig angekratzt und abgespeist. Trotzdem hatte die Story was! Allein Katia Storm, eine Passagierin der Polarlys, hat mich sehr fasziniert. Ich konnte sie nicht gut einschätzen. Wusste nicht, ob sie etwas im Schilde führte, was sie wirklich dachte, mit wem sie sich so herumtrieb. Die Auflösungen um ihre Person und die Mordfälle per se, konnten mich sogar ein wenig überraschen.
Zuletzt haben die - teilweise filigranen und atmosphärischen - Zeichnungen dem Ganzen einen interessanten Schliff verpasst, sodass man gebannt Seite für Seite umgeblättert und bestaunt hat.
Der Comic ist nüchtern und einfach geschrieben, wenngleich mit einem Hauch Zeit- und Lokalkolorit, und enthält im weiteren Verlauf klug ausgearbeitete Informationen, die schließlich zur o.g. Aufklärung führen. Ein Whodunit-Krimi mit klassischer Note, der mich überwiegend gut unterhalten, aber nicht völlig überzeugt hat.
June 19, 2023
An early Simenon (1932) , and one in which we can see the first sketch of the personality type that will become Inspector Maigret, in the character of Captain Petersen. He's responsible for a ship that takes cargo and a few passengers from Hamburg to Norway. But right from the get-go, he has an uncomfortable, almost superstitious feeling that something will go wrong. His third officer is a brand-new graduate from the sailing school in Delfzijl, a 19-year old rookie. His new stoker seems ...not quite right. As for his passengers, apart from a Norwegian businessman the captain has known for years, he has to wonder what the vampish Miss Storm and the taciturn young German want with a trip to Norway in the winter. And what about passenger Erickson, who seems to be invisible? As for the important German functionary who joined the ship late and who insists on staying in his cabin... he is soon found murdered, thus fulfilling Captain Petersen's sense of foreboding.
This is a suspense thriller rather than a classic mystery novel. Very atmospheric! As the ship makes its way through the icy seas towards remote coastal towns in Norway, Captain Petersen has to deal with a nightmarish situation on board. He suspects this is all somehow related to the morphine overdose of a young girl in Paris and the subsequent flight of the man responsible. On top of that, Mr Vriens, his teenaged third officer, has fallen head over heels in love with Miss Storm and is ready to lie, cheat and steal to support her unlikely stories. But then a storm approaches, and Captain Petersen has to do some actual sea-faring rather than detecting.
Just like Inspector Maigret, Captain Petersen is sensitive to moods, to gestures, to the things that are left unspoken. He moves in a fog of vague suspicions while his ship moves cautiously through the fog over the seas. The best part of the book, for me, though, was the atmosphere of life on a small steamer fighting its way through the seas towards the arctic circle, bringing mail and provisions and taking back cod oil and animal pelts.
This is a suspense thriller rather than a classic mystery novel. Very atmospheric! As the ship makes its way through the icy seas towards remote coastal towns in Norway, Captain Petersen has to deal with a nightmarish situation on board. He suspects this is all somehow related to the morphine overdose of a young girl in Paris and the subsequent flight of the man responsible. On top of that, Mr Vriens, his teenaged third officer, has fallen head over heels in love with Miss Storm and is ready to lie, cheat and steal to support her unlikely stories. But then a storm approaches, and Captain Petersen has to do some actual sea-faring rather than detecting.
Just like Inspector Maigret, Captain Petersen is sensitive to moods, to gestures, to the things that are left unspoken. He moves in a fog of vague suspicions while his ship moves cautiously through the fog over the seas. The best part of the book, for me, though, was the atmosphere of life on a small steamer fighting its way through the seas towards the arctic circle, bringing mail and provisions and taking back cod oil and animal pelts.
May 9, 2023
le passager du Polarlys ne parait qu'en juin 1932,. Second roman "dur" de Georges Simenon, il est en fait le premier écrit puisqu'il est paru fin 1930 en feuilleton dans le quotidien L'Oeuvre sous le titre Un crime à bord.. Il marque aussi le changement de patronyme Georges Sim devient Georges Simenon !!!
Le Polarlys est un vapeur côtier qui assure régulièrement le transport des biens et des personnes de Hambourg à Kirkenes , longeant les côtes norvégiennes. En cette fin février peu de passagers montent à bord, mais le principal reste l'approvisionnement des villages côtiers , courrier, vivres, nouvelles indispensables à la survie des hommes.
Bientôt le Polarlys prend la mer, cinq passagers, trois se joignent au capitaine aux repas, un semble avoir disparu et le dernier s'enferme dans sa cabine ... Bientôt un mort et dans sa cabine les journaux français et un sordide fait divers à la une: une jeune femme Marie a été retrouvée morte dans un appartement à priori victime d'une overdose de Cakebon, une drogue très prisée dans les folles nuits de la Belle Epoque... le capitaine Petersen doit faire face: il lui faut à la fois découvrir le meurtrier, sans doute est il le même que celui de Marie Baron, et affronter une tempête impressionnante.
Et nous voilà, pauvre lecteur, embarqué sur ce vapeur, secoué, balloté , risquant à chaque instant le naufrage, et englué dans un huis-clos où chacun surveille l'autre, où la peur s'installe progressivement, où les comportements des uns et des autres se révèlent surprenants et révélateurs..
Georges Simenon est un auteur que j'apprécie particulièrement. reconnaissable entre tous par le rythme de ses phrases, la construction de ses romans, l'analyse pertinente des personnages et les décors où ils évoluent. N'est pas Georges Simenon qui veut , le reporter se cache toujours derrière l'écrivain. Pour preuve: ce voyage vers Kirkenes Simenon l'a effectué peu de temps auparavant..
Le Polarlys est un vapeur côtier qui assure régulièrement le transport des biens et des personnes de Hambourg à Kirkenes , longeant les côtes norvégiennes. En cette fin février peu de passagers montent à bord, mais le principal reste l'approvisionnement des villages côtiers , courrier, vivres, nouvelles indispensables à la survie des hommes.
Bientôt le Polarlys prend la mer, cinq passagers, trois se joignent au capitaine aux repas, un semble avoir disparu et le dernier s'enferme dans sa cabine ... Bientôt un mort et dans sa cabine les journaux français et un sordide fait divers à la une: une jeune femme Marie a été retrouvée morte dans un appartement à priori victime d'une overdose de Cakebon, une drogue très prisée dans les folles nuits de la Belle Epoque... le capitaine Petersen doit faire face: il lui faut à la fois découvrir le meurtrier, sans doute est il le même que celui de Marie Baron, et affronter une tempête impressionnante.
Et nous voilà, pauvre lecteur, embarqué sur ce vapeur, secoué, balloté , risquant à chaque instant le naufrage, et englué dans un huis-clos où chacun surveille l'autre, où la peur s'installe progressivement, où les comportements des uns et des autres se révèlent surprenants et révélateurs..
Georges Simenon est un auteur que j'apprécie particulièrement. reconnaissable entre tous par le rythme de ses phrases, la construction de ses romans, l'analyse pertinente des personnages et les décors où ils évoluent. N'est pas Georges Simenon qui veut , le reporter se cache toujours derrière l'écrivain. Pour preuve: ce voyage vers Kirkenes Simenon l'a effectué peu de temps auparavant..
February 7, 2025
Ich habe das Gefühl den Inhalt, also die Geschichte und die illustrative Ausführung getrennt voneinander bewerten zu müssen.
Ich kannte dieses Buch noch nicht und der Kriminalfall hat mich leider gar nicht überzeugt. Am meisten schätze ich an Krimis dass man ständig am Rätseln ist, wer was getan hat und neue Hinweise versucht einzuordnen. Aber ich kam hier gar nicht ins Rätseln, sondern hatte erst keine Ahnung was überhaupt passiert und dann wurde auch schon aufgelöst. Allein das Setting und die Beschreibung der Reise entlang der norwegischen Küste haben mich überzeugt, auch wenn der Hafen von Stavanger, nicht so detailreich war wie erhofft, habe ich viel wiedererkannt: die bunte Hafenfront in Trondheim, die besonderen Bergformationen der Lofoten. Mit anderen Worten: die Illustrationen fand ich richtig toll und das Konzept einen Krimi als Graphic Novel einfach an einem Nachmittag im Bett eingekuschelt wegzulesen, das war toll! Also das Buchformat war ein bisschen sperrig für diesen Zweck aber das ging schon.
Ich kannte dieses Buch noch nicht und der Kriminalfall hat mich leider gar nicht überzeugt. Am meisten schätze ich an Krimis dass man ständig am Rätseln ist, wer was getan hat und neue Hinweise versucht einzuordnen. Aber ich kam hier gar nicht ins Rätseln, sondern hatte erst keine Ahnung was überhaupt passiert und dann wurde auch schon aufgelöst. Allein das Setting und die Beschreibung der Reise entlang der norwegischen Küste haben mich überzeugt, auch wenn der Hafen von Stavanger, nicht so detailreich war wie erhofft, habe ich viel wiedererkannt: die bunte Hafenfront in Trondheim, die besonderen Bergformationen der Lofoten. Mit anderen Worten: die Illustrationen fand ich richtig toll und das Konzept einen Krimi als Graphic Novel einfach an einem Nachmittag im Bett eingekuschelt wegzulesen, das war toll! Also das Buchformat war ein bisschen sperrig für diesen Zweck aber das ging schon.
August 21, 2019
Tetszett a történet, nem volt az a szokványos. Simenon-tól csak Maigret könyvet olvastam eddig, de nem csalódtam itt sem. Lassú sodrású és érzelemmentes volt ez a könyv, mint a tenger, amin a hajó haladt. Nagyon jó volt a párhuzam, ködben tapogatóztak minden értelemben, viharos tenger és viharos érzelmek. Mert voltak ebben érzelmek, de mégis vhogy az írásmód és a kapitány is teljesen közönyös maradt és nekem ez teljes mértékben bejött. Remélem, lesz még ilyen stílusú írása Simenonnak, vettem párat tőle, lesz még mit olvasni.
Ami miatt a csillag ennyi, az a nyomtatás slendriánsága, több helyen hiányzott egész sor alja vagy föle, hiányoztak gondolatjelek párbeszédnél, de persze 590 Ft-ért mit panaszkodjak, nem igaz? :D (jó lenne, ha lehetne külön értékelni a könyv tartalmát és a küllemét)
Ami miatt a csillag ennyi, az a nyomtatás slendriánsága, több helyen hiányzott egész sor alja vagy föle, hiányoztak gondolatjelek párbeszédnél, de persze 590 Ft-ért mit panaszkodjak, nem igaz? :D (jó lenne, ha lehetne külön értékelni a könyv tartalmát és a küllemét)
June 22, 2017
Imádom Simenont – és ez nem túlzás. Nemcsak krimiíróként (mint Maigret főfelügyelő kitalálója) zseniális, de más műfajban is nagyot alkotott. Ez a történet nekem egy kicsit a Tíz kicsi négerre hasonlított: egy hajón történnek az események, a gyilkos csak a hajón lévők egyike lehet. És egyetlen pillanatra sem tudtam, ki lehet a tettes. Persze, hiszen a történet végére sehogyan se számítottam. A Tíz kicsi négeren kívül még valamire hasonlított a történet: a Petrocelli sorozatra, Barry Newmannel a főszerepben. :-)
November 16, 2024
Nous nous retrouvons embarqué sur le Polarlys (bateau de fret et de personne) au départ de Hambourg direction le nord de la Norvège. Un policier (passager à bord) y est assassiné. Le capitaine ainsi que l’équipage va donc se mettre à rechercher le criminel.. !
Je ne suis pas une adepte de ce type de roman en temps normal mais la 4eme de couverture m’a convaincue et j’ai adoré cette lecture. J’ai aimé la diversité des personnages ainsi que l’ambiance « confiné » dans un bateau qui donne bcp de relief à cette enquête je trouve ☺️
Je ne suis pas une adepte de ce type de roman en temps normal mais la 4eme de couverture m’a convaincue et j’ai adoré cette lecture. J’ai aimé la diversité des personnages ainsi que l’ambiance « confiné » dans un bateau qui donne bcp de relief à cette enquête je trouve ☺️
September 3, 2017
Ennesimo romanzo che funziona come un orologio svizzero. Simenon è una garanzia assoluta. Brevi, senza una parola di troppo, perfetti.
Tutta la storia si svolge, un po' claustrofobica, sulla nave Polarlys, in rotta per la Norvegia. Personaggi delineati con pochi schizzi eppure perfetti, una trama che non perde un colpo. Non si rimane mai delusi, alla fine di un romanzo di Simenon.
Tutta la storia si svolge, un po' claustrofobica, sulla nave Polarlys, in rotta per la Norvegia. Personaggi delineati con pochi schizzi eppure perfetti, una trama che non perde un colpo. Non si rimane mai delusi, alla fine di un romanzo di Simenon.
April 5, 2025
Un roman noir à l’ancienne, un huis-clos sur un navire qui remonte vers les îles Lofoten avec un passager mystérieux à son bord.
Puis un mort. Et les problèmes s’accumulent pour le capitaine qui tente de conserver le cap…
Un polar(lys) un peu vieillot qui manque franchement de ressort
https://www.noid.ch/le-passager-du-po...
Puis un mort. Et les problèmes s’accumulent pour le capitaine qui tente de conserver le cap…
Un polar(lys) un peu vieillot qui manque franchement de ressort
https://www.noid.ch/le-passager-du-po...
May 19, 2019
Libro riguardante un delitto a bordo del traghetto Polarlys nelle acque norvegesi. La soluzione del caso appare piuttosto complessa, ma la narrativa eccellente di Simenon tiene il lettore attaccato alla storia.
June 21, 2017
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July 15, 2018The Mystery of the Polarlys, first published 1932
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